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There are. The Hardened and Prestige versions come with the four W@W maps, while standalone versions do not. Eventually, you'll be able to buy the maps though. Spoiler:- zombie maps that come with BLOPS:

Black Ops without any extra maps has Kino der Untoten (Cinema of the Undead) and a Pentagon level called "Five" IIRC, which allows you to play as JFK, Nixon, Fidel or some other less important guy.

I more than likely won't be getting Black Ops (is BLOPS the new thing to call it? ShouldbeCoD7grumble...) but since you invited me to, I'll share my reasons:

1. Kinda have no 360 whatsoever at the moment, in university.

2. Last thing I bought was the Legendary edition of Halo Reach. Spent the last of my "gaming savings" on it and I still have hardly got to play it.

3. Any money I get for gaming is probably going towards next years releases. Got my eye on a portable Snake Eater and a Plasma Cutter.

4. CoD really isn't my thing. I didn't have an Xbox when CoD4 was out and by the time I got accustomed to the average 360 shooter I was already late to the party. I have played some CoD but I'm still at the bottom of the ladder in multiplayer and I don't have time to climb as high as I'd need to in order to enjoy myself (and still get a little ****** off).

That's my reasoning I guess. Though if I did buy Black Ops (dunno if this is a spoiler so avert your eyes fanboys) I'd totally be rocking Nixon in Zombies.

I have enough optimism to get this game. Why do I say that? Well, World of War didn't change much of the COD4 formula. If Black Ops does the same with Modern Warfare 2, the that will make me feel quite sad indeed.

I hated Modern Warfare 2. But I loved World At War. So, I decided that I'll get Black Ops, hoping that I don't join my first game to find that I'm getting attacked by eight Chopper Gunners, while people are running around with Commando and Tactical Knife.

modern warfare 2 was good. online was just constantly exploited by users and plagued by flamers and whatnot. that's been upsetting alot of people.
i do hope something's done to decrease that in black ops online. MW2 pretty much proved that the series attract a good amount of assholes.

Agreed, Modern Warfare 2 was mainly ruined by the community.
However, we probably shouldn't get into that, and let's remain optimistic about Black Ops.

Anyway, I randomly woke up at 3:36AM, so it's approximately 12 hours until I get my copy, and approximately 12.5 until I can play.
I'm going to start by finishing campaign asap, because they're generally short and I don't want to be spoiled.
I'll start on Regular and then this weekend I might go through a Veteran playthrough. I've had less than pleasing experiences when trying to play a game on Veteran firsttime through.

Agreed, Modern Warfare 2 was mainly ruined by the community.
However, we probably shouldn't get into that, and let's remain optimistic about Black Ops.

of course not, we wouldn't want to spoil your christmas mood now would we
it only happens once/twice a year so it's the least i can do for you.

Originally Posted by Slick

Anyway, I randomly woke up at 3:36AM, so it's approximately 12 hours until I get my copy, and approximately 12.5 until I can play.
I'm going to start by finishing campaign asap, because they're generally short and I don't want to be spoiled.
I'll start on Regular and then this weekend I might go through a Veteran playthrough. I've had less than pleasing experiences when trying to play a game on Veteran firsttime through.

So excited. ;-;

meh, i was this close <--> to get black ops within 3 hours at a midnight sale but my old mom kinda still is in control of me even though i'm 21. it's humiliating.
(please someone say nobody gives a damn)

modern warfare 2 was good. online was just constantly exploited by users and plagued by flamers and whatnot. that's been upsetting alot of people.
i do hope something's done to decrease that in black ops online. MW2 pretty much proved that the series attract a good amount of assholes.

MW2's fail was the communities fault? Mmm, close but no cigar gentlebro. (even though there were plenty of assholes to be had)

Black Ops seems to be shaping up real well. The new features like theater look spectacular, even if at the end of the day most of them were still bit off of other games, but that's excusable if they pull it off well. I'll probably pick it up around Christmas, although it would kill me to get caught up in a new game again in a school year like this.

I reserved the game but won't pick it up till tomarrow, sombody tell me if online is full of ******* that call everybody F@gots when they get killed. That's the main reason why I don't play as much anymore,13 year old badasses.